Space telegraphy.



No. 650,255. Patented May 22, I900. l. KITSEE.

SPACE TELEGRAPHY.

(Application filed May 20, 1899.)

(No Model.)

/N VE N TOR W/ TNE SSE S ArnNr FF ISIDOR KITSEE, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES E. WILSON, OF SAME PLACE.

SPACE TELEGRAPHY."

SPECIFICATION forming part oi Letters Patent No. 650,255, dated May 22,1900. Application filed May 20, 1899. Serial No. 717,610. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: nated by the letters I) b b b b b and the Beit known that I, ISIDOR Krrsnn, of the wires by the letters a c c? c 0city and county of Philadelphia,- in the State In practice the metallicplates are placed of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new on theupright in such position that each of 4.0 and useful Improvements inSpace Telegrathe plates faces one of the four directionsphy, of whichthe following is a specificanorth, south, east,or west-of the globe. If

tron. I now a current he sent from c direction due My invention relatesto an improvement in north, then all or most all of the impulses willspace telegraph he received by the plate facing such direction,

r The object of my invention is to ascertain and if the message he sentfrom a direction the path or direction from which amessage lying aboutnortheast from the pathfinder is sent. then the impulses will hereceived by both of In space telegraphyesn't is practiced to-day theplates facing north as well as east. The messages may be receivedwithout the aid of operator therefore, whose instruments are so WireWhere the sending and receiving stations marked With the directions towhich theircom are apart from each other for a number of nected platesfece, will readily ascertain the miles, but it is impossible with thearrangecompass direction from which the received ments of to-dey toascertain from what direcmessage is sent. ticn the messages are sent.This point is of it is obvious thatanynnnnher of plates may greatimportance,speciaily if messages should he placed on one upright or thedifierent plates be interchanged between vessels at sea in may he placedon different uprights, as long foggy Weather, and to provide thereceivingas the plates face in difierent directions. stations with adevice with the aid of which Having nowdescribed my invention,what thesending direction can be ascertained is I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters the aim of my invention. Patent, is- Referring to thedrawings, in which similar In space telegrsphy, a pathfindercomprisletters indicate similar parts, Figure 1 is a pering a series ofaerial conductors each of which spective yiew of my pathfinder. Fig. 2is a is placed at a difierent compasspoint and plan view showing sixinstead of four plates. having separate circuit, and a translating A isthe pole or unright, on which are fasdevice in circuit with each of saidconductors. tened the conductin plates Z) Z) N b through In testimonywhereof I sign my narncin the the non-conducting supports a. c c c c arepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

Wires leadin to the receivin instruments d ISIDOR KITSEE. 7, h b

u 13 d These instruments are through the Witnesses:

WliGS e e e 2 connected to the ground f. EDITH R. STILLEY,

In Fig. 2 the conducting-plates ere desig- I WALLACE B. ELDRIDGE.

